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I guess that would explain why you're a historic archaeologist and not a historical archaeologist.
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From: Mark Branstner <[log in to unmask]>
> I think Meli may have substituted OLD WORLD archaeology for what she
> probably meant ... CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY. Personally, I would not
> consider them interchangeable terms. Rather, Old World archaeology
> is, at least for me, everything that gjcarver referred to, i.e.,
> "scientific" geologically/geographically/culturally based archaeology
> that leads to processual archaeology and beyond. Classical
> archaeology is more the ART HISTORY-based work of
> Greek/Roman/Egyptian/etc. archaeology of the past (and perhaps the
> present), that has only in recent years begun to catch up with REAL
> archaeology :-)
> --
>
> Mark C. Branstner
> Historic Archaeologist
>
> Illinois Transportation
> Archaeological Research Program
> 209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
> 23 East Stadium Drive
> Champaign, IL 61820
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> Phone: 217.244.0892
> Fax: 217.244.7458
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> "There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth,
> without either virtue or talents ... The artificial aristocracy is a
> mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to
> prevent its ascendancy."
>
> - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
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